44. After a couple of years in India, the bizarre aspects of street life become commonplae to the average
soldier, as evidenced by the scant notice given the passing snake-walla by the GI at right bargaining for
a shine from one of he city's hundreds of bootblacks. The New American Kitchen is a popular Chinese res-
taurant, owned by a Portuguese, and serves up a steak of chop suey before you can say "Teek hai".